The big rock blocking the way was finally removed, and a trainee mercenary who had been sent out suddenly ran back with a panicked face.

"Report to the head of the group! I—we found something up front......"

The voice of the little apprentice mercenary who acted as a scout made several nearby mercenaries laugh.

"Kobe, look at you like that, what scares you like this, not afraid that Love will extend your probationary period again? Stand better, young man! ”

Barrow patted the little mercenary on the shoulder, which seemed to be forceful, but in fact it just fell gently, feeling the abnormal tightness of the latter's shoulder, and the trembling that he tried his best to endure, his heart sank.

The back of his hand went to the back and made a secret signal to the deputy, the deputy understood, and returned a look, Barrow looked natural, called a few veterans in the team, and went with him to investigate the place found by Kobe Bryant in front.

Bryant led them to a woodland on the leeward side of the hillside.

The sight of the severed limbs, twisted corpses, and the thick smell of blood in the air made even the inexperienced mercenaries pale.

"No more than one magic hour." An old mercenary leaned over, stained with blood, and twisted it with his fingertips.

Barrow looked at the feathered arrows stuck in the corpses on the trees, and connected to the big stones that blocked them from approaching a magic, and his face was a little ugly: "It's an ambush." ”

Their mercenary group and the caravan escorted by them are old friends, and the enemy they provoked did not have a deep hatred and hatred for Cheng Dù, who made so much effort to ambush them, and the only explanation was that they were affected.

What Barrow thought of, others certainly wouldn't have thought of. An old mercenary punched the trunk of a nearby tree, "I knew those guys weren't a good thing!" ”

"Forget it, even if there is no last night's one, according to the itinerary, we can't avoid the same road with them - those young people are hard hands, don't forget how these ambushed guys died, since the scene is kept like this, people are not afraid of us at all!"

Barrow said solemnly. "Well, go back and shut your mouth, and act as if you didn't see anything! After a little further there will be a fork in the road, and we will take that long road. ”

The mercenaries who brought it also knew the severity and should be.

But when he returned to the caravan, Barrow found his deputy waiting for him.

"The team in the back is coming, and they say they want to ask the boss to talk about things."

Barrow secretly complained, usually this kind of initiative to come to the door, there will be no good thing, but he does not show a trace of uneasiness in front of his subordinates. Tell the deputy to maintain the team. A few more people were brought with them. Come to Lin An's convoy.

Who knew that Lin An and they were looking for him, not to keep his mouth shut, but to be a witness.

The people to whom their caravan was invited, except for him. and Mr. Brown, the steward who presided over the caravan.

“…… Mr. Brown and Head Barrow are also people with status in their industry, and since Lord Simon can't trust us, it should be okay to invite a third party over! ”

Salin smiled and said to Master Simon, who was barely composed, "Of course, if Mr. Simon still doesn't want to, that's okay. According to the mercenary agreement, you have concealed important and key information when hiring us, and the danger behind it may endanger our lives, and according to the relevant regulations, we have the right to terminate the employment relationship with you immediately on the way. Presumably, the Gypsys' association, with the support of Head Barrow and Mr. Brown, will not have an impact on our credibility. ”

When Barrow heard this, he almost wanted to turn around and leave.

Brown Steward on the side had already answered: "Of course, when we are away, we should help each other, and if Master Saleen is telling the truth, I will testify to you." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Lord Simon condemningly.

According to the mercenary treaty, in the event of such an employer defrauding the mercenary, the mercenary association will compensate the mercenary group double the employer's employment fee and the mortgage deposited in the association, and the witnesses who testify for it will receive between one-fifth and one-third of the compensation.

Barrow glanced at the bulging purse that had been placed in front of Butler Brown, looked at what was in front of him, sighed secretly, and had to stay.

If it was just Andre and his employer's trouble, maybe things weren't as bad as he thought.

"Commander Andre, we didn't hide what you meant, in fact, in fact, we only found out that we were being targeted by ill-intentioned people the day before we set off!"

Master Simon and his son stammered as they stammered as they watched.

It's simple to say.

Lord Simon was born into a large merchant family in the city-state of Fito Gipsis, and was the family's representative in Fito, and the family was quite wealthy, owning part of the shares of the family firm, and with the size of the family firm, it was not a lie that he had previously said that he had run a magic materials business.

Three months ago, Master Simon received an item from his brother's house. Originally, he didn't care, even a few days ago, he learned from a letter from his hometown that his brother's family was traveling, but they encountered robbers on the way, and the brother's family who traveled did not have any bad news, and they still did not contact the things sent to them by their brother, but after receiving the letter from the family, they hurriedly took their family and wanted to rush back to attend the funeral of their brother's family.

But it wasn't until I met the Andre brothers and sisters and set the departure date that a strange thing happened at home, which was noticed by Lord Simon, and then linked to the things that my brother sent them a few months ago, that Lord Simon realized that my brother's family may not have been killed by robbers, and their family is likely to have been targeted because of that thing!

"What the hell is it that makes people so desperate to kill so many lives, and it also harms your family, it's really mad!" Brown was indignant.

Andre was not at all infected by the atmosphere created by Master Simon, and doubted:

"After you noticed it later, you didn't change your mind and continued to hire us, which can be explained as not wanting the other party to know that you had found out, but what about before? Since your family has a trading house, you should follow the caravan, so that you don't need to go to the mercenary association to send a mission! ”

"I can explain that for Mr. Simon. For those of us who often walk outside, we are a little superstitious about luck, such things as returning home to attend a funeral usually do not go with the caravan, and even some mercenary groups have taboos in these aspects, and are reluctant to take on similar tasks, even if it is a caravan run by their own family. ”

Steward Brown explained to his peers, "After you take on Mr. Simon's assignment. I should have met with him and explained the situation, you don't mind, so you officially got the task! ”

"Yes, there is a reason other than the reason why Brown is in charge. Our family's caravan just left Dandong a few days ago and went to the front line, taking a large number of people with them, and the mercenary group that we knew well also left Dandong because of the fighting on the front line. So ......"

"I see. It's me who blames Mr. Simon. ”

Andrei was stunned. Apologize to Mr. Simon. The latter was flattered, but his feelings were much better, and it felt like Andre didn't seem like he was ready to leave it.

Barrow interjected, "Forgive me for taking the liberty of it. What is your family-run business ......?"

"Deep blue sails." When Master Simon said this name, he subconsciously straightened his chest.

"Deep Blue Sail!" Barrow and Brown's stewards spoke in unison.

Steward Brown immediately became much more enthusiastic, and stood up and said, "It turns out that Mr. Thomson, you are the member of the Simon family of the Gypsy city-state—you have admired the name for a long time!" Unexpected, really unexpected! ”

He stepped forward enthusiastically, and Master Simon had no choice but to stand up and shake hands with him, which was a courtesy among Fisto merchants, to show enthusiasm.

"Ahem!"

Barrow's cough reminded Brown that he was still Andrew's Witness, and he glanced at Andre and saw that he didn't mind. Embarrassed to sit down.

In fact, Andre was searching his stomach, thinking about whether he had heard of the name Deep Blue Sail, but he had seen many shop caravans, but he never cared about the other party's name, and he was completely unfamiliar with the names of Deep Blue Sail and Simon in his memory.

Barrow seemed to guess what he was thinking. Now that I learned that it was not Andrei who was deliberately concealed but Lord Simon, in terms of the calamity of innocence, Andre and they were more unlucky than his mercenary group, so there was no mustard, and he deliberately explained:

"If I'm not mistaken, your firm holds one of the ten hereditary seats in the Guild of Gypsis, and currently has a seat in the Fito House, who is so bold as to be so ruthless to your lineage?"

André really understood that Fito was a country of merchants with a city-state council, and according to Barrow's description, the status of the Simon family was already comparable to that of a baron or even a viscount.

In fact, the Simon family does have a viscount, but this title is not a lord's title, and no lord pays him taxes.

Lord Simon smiled wryly, and his son Edward explained:

"We don't know who it is, and from what happened to my uncle's family, it doesn't look like a business competitor. We just had some guesses that the other party was probably a mage. ”

"Oh, why?" Andrei was really curious.

"Because what my uncle sent us home was sent back by a cousin of mine who was gifted with good magical talents, and who had been taken in as a disciple by a powerful mage since she was a child. Oh, I forgot to mention that when my uncle's family had an accident, that cousin was still with her teacher, so she survived, and she was the only one left in the family. ”

Edward's face was complicated, "The reason why my father said that he didn't expect the other party's purpose was that kind of thing, and because of this, who would have thought that something sent back by a mage's apprentice could cause such a catastrophe?" ”

"Mr. Edward's statement is not true, your cousin's talent is probably not only good, but excellent! Otherwise, your cousin will be in such a bad situation, even if you are considerate and tolerant, you will not resent her, at least you will not even dare to show your dissatisfaction to the outside world! ”

As soon as the smiling Salin words came out, Simon's father and son's faces immediately changed greatly.

Andrei ignored their faces, snorted, and said in a cold voice:

"Yes, with the ability of your family, being watched by a formal mage day and night is certainly unsettling, but it may not be impossible to spend a lot of money, please ask a strong hand to help, it can't last a lifetime, and it can be for a while, why risk the road in a panic? Unless, the other party is a person who can't be dealt with by ordinary forces, such as ** division? ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone was shocked, and Barrow and Brown stewards instantly changed their faces, jumped up suddenly, and left Simon and his son far away.

(To be continued)

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